One Market Under God: Extreme Capitalism, Market Populism, and the End of Economic Democracy
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| Rating | : | 4.24 (858 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0385495048 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 464 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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The overarching irony is the swapping of roles--suddenly Wall Street is no longer full of stodgy moneygrubbers, but cool entrepreneurs "leaping on their trampolines, typing out a few last lines on the laptop before paragliding, riding their bicycles to work, listening to Steppenwolf while they traded." Meanwhile, "Americans traded their long tradition of electoral democracy for the democracy of the supermarket, where all brands are created equal and endowed by their creators with all sorts of extremeness and diversity." Frank's close reading of the salesmen of market populism nails such financial gurus as George Gilder, Joseph Nocera, Kevin Kelly, and Thomas Friedman. Their writings, he contends, have served to make "the world safe for billionaires" by winning the cultural and political battle--legitimizing the corporate culture and its demands for privatization, deregulation, and non-interference. With his acerbic wit and contempt for soph
In a book that has been raising hackles far and wide, the social critic Thomas Frank skewers one of the most sacred cows of the go-go '90s: the idea that the new free-market economy is good for everyone. Refuting the idea that billionaire CEOs are looking out for the interests of the little guy, he argues that "the great euphoria of the late nineties was never as much about the return of good times as it was the giddy triumph of one America over another." Frank is a latter-day Mencken, as readers of his journal The Baffler and his book The Conquest of Cool know. Frank's target is "market populism"--the widely held belief that markets are a more democratic form of organization than democratically elected governments. With incisive analysis, passionate advocacy, and razor-sharp wit, he asks where we?re headed-and whether we're going to like it when we get there.
"Five Stars" according to rzrbks. Thomas Frank tells the truth about the RW Garbage who are ruining our country --- including the Orange Illiterate.. You might be disappointed Amazon Customer Fans of Thomas Frank might be disappointed with this book, the precursor to Kansas. One Market is smart, detailed and there is no shortage of Frank's wit and insight but the book is also a long, slow and tedious accounting of who said what and when. I gave up by chapter three.. Vox Populi for Billionaires David Swan There is a new conventional wisdom being constructed in the last few decades that we have finally reached the culmination of economic theory and all that's left is to tune the machine. The ultimate realization of western perfection is pure free market Capitalism. The villains of the scenario are unions, intellectuals, environmentalists and government regulators who gum up the wheels of progress. Fueling the market engine is relentless optimism and there are few superlatives too vicious to be cast on those who express doubt. CEO's are hard working heroes moving the engine while blue collar workers are parasites suckin